Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Central Region Spelling Bee Competition earlier this week. It was a challenging morning of spelling at St James Kotara.

Early Stage 1 had nine rounds, Hannah Stathis made it to Round 8 and Iris Scanlan came in second place overall.

Stage 1 was a close competition with ten rounds. Joe Cootes made it to Round 8 while Otis Charnock made it to the end of a very difficult Round 9.

Stage 2 had a fantastic result as it was won by Marie Betts with Eleonor McConkey in 3rd place.

Stage 3 took fifteen rounds to get a winner,  so well done to Phoebe Biswas and Arun Griffiths for their great effort. All the students who participated were fantastic not only in their spelling skills but also in their conduct.